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Robert Klein
Robert Klein
American Comedian
Born: Feb 8, 1942
Been Comedy Family Funny Me People
Related authors: George Carlin Groucho Marx Milton Berle Mitch Hedberg Robin Williams Rodney Dangerfield Steven Wright W. C. Fields
I was brought up at 3525 Decatur Avenue, in the north Bronx, right next to Woodlawn Cemetery. Robert Klein
Avenue Bronx Brought Up North Cemetery Next Right
I'm not against profanity. It's an important part of the language when used properly. Robert Klein
Language Important Properly Part Important Part Against Used Profanity
In the fifties I had dreams about touching a naked woman and she would turn to bronze or the dream about hot dogs chasing donuts through the Lincoln Tunnel. Robert Klein
Dreams Woman Chasing Naked Bronze Dream Would About Touching Through Had Hot Hot Dogs She Dogs Lincoln Donuts Tunnel Turn Fifties
Regis and I were inducted into the original Bronx Walk of Fame. Robert Klein
Walk Bronx Were Fame Original
I have what we call a 'symphony act.' I'm the only comedian, I think, in the country that does it. Robert Klein
Country Think Symphony Only Comedian Call Does Act
My 1974 album 'Mind Over Matter' was a detailed thing about Watergate. I always had some righteous indignation. Robert Klein
Watergate Matter Mind Righteous Detailed Some About Indignation Had Over Always Thing Album
I wrote my book 'The Amorous Busboy Of Decatur Avenue' completely like a writer does, writing it down, re-writing everything. But in my stand-up, I improvise initially, never questioning it too closely. Robert Klein
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When I started, there was no comedy community, no comedy industry; there were comedians. Robert Klein
Comedy Community Comedians Industry Were Started
One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that they were in the tradition of the one-man show. That's why Richard Pryor was so great, and George Carlin, too. They prowled the stage, they used voices, they were really talents. Robert Klein
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I did the first HBO special ever in 1975 at Haverford College. Cable was new then: HBO was a Time-Life entity, with maybe 400,000 or 500,000 subscribers and maybe 50 employees. Robert Klein
College First Employees Entity Cable New Did Maybe Then Special Ever
Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us. Robert Klein
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In some articles written about me, writers have said I'm a link between the old and the new, and I think, in a certain sense, that's legitimate. Robert Klein
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